#8A804B#8A804B

#8A804B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.074 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A804B
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 75)
HSL	hsl(50, 30%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 45.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, -4.09, 30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 30.33, 97.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% -0.0114 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.074 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4709, 21.3503, 9.7506)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A804B #4B558A

analogous

#8A614B #8A804B #758A4B

triadic

#8A804B #4B8A80 #804B8A

tetradic

#8A804B #4B8A61 #4B558A #8A4B75

square

#8A804B #4B8A61 #4B558A #8A4B75

split-complementary

#8A804B #4B758A #614B8A

monochromatic

#3B3620 #625B35 #8A804B #ACA166 #C2B98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#8A804B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#8A804B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A804B

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A804B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A804B	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a804b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.074 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada47e',
    500: '#8a804b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a804b;
$custom-light: #ada47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a804b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 29.577,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59627,
    "c": 0.07357,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A804B

secondary

#838AAE

accent

#72C662

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#100F0A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A804B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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